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Living Roots — Stories That Remain

A simple guide to a meaningful family conversation

7 meaningful questions to help you capture the memories, traditions and everyday stories of your parents or grandparents — and preserve them for the generations that follow.

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Tatras Porters

The people, craft and living heritage behind one of the Tatras’ most distinctive traditions.

Now in its third edition, Tatras Porters is a popular-science monograph exploring the remarkable world of mountain porters in the High Tatras — their history, craft, motivations, records and the human stories behind the traditional wooden carrying frame known as the krošňa.

Drawing on research, fieldwork and encounters with the porters themselves, the book looks beyond the physical feat of carrying supplies into the mountains and explores what has kept this extraordinary tradition alive across generations.

Third edition · 2023 · More than 5,000 copies sold

A living tradition of the High Tatras, documented through research, fieldwork and the stories of the porters themselves.

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Historical sepia photograph of a Tatra mountain porter with a traditional wooden krošňa carrying frame — A tradition carried through generations — from the early mountain porters of the Tatras to the living craft that continues today.

Contemporary mountain porter carrying a large load on a Tatras forest path — A tradition carried through generations — from the early mountain porters of the Tatras to the living craft that continues today.